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"OK" or "Okay"?


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Poll :: OK or Okay?

OK
42%
 42%  [ 6 ]
Okay
57%
 57%  [ 8 ]
Total Votes : 14


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Vert1
Joined: Aug 28 2011
PostPosted: Sep 20 2012 10:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Make your arguments. Also points are awarded to the person who knows which one Bill Watterson prefers.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
PostPosted: Sep 20 2012 11:07 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Copycat Sad

This Is A Joke


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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
PostPosted: Sep 20 2012 11:11 pm Reply with quote Back to top

No... just no.
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AtmanRyu
Title: The Wandering Dragon
Joined: Jun 25 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
PostPosted: Sep 20 2012 11:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

M'kay.
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
PostPosted: Sep 21 2012 12:11 am Reply with quote Back to top

Vert1, you're way less fun in General than you are in Video Games. Can we please get another diatribe the assassination of Gunpei Yokoi, or the communist plot to mix the races via indoctrinating children through crossbreeding pokemon?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Sep 22 2012 10:24 pm Reply with quote Back to top

OK seems more efficient than okay, and I miss OK soda.



 
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
PostPosted: Sep 23 2012 07:55 am Reply with quote Back to top

I decided to answer this poll by checking various dialog boxes of various software on my Mac, until I found one with an "Okay" or "OK" button, then voting for which one of those is used.

And the result was "OK".

(Woah, I actually gave a fuck about one of Vert1's polls)


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Drew Linky
Wizard
Joined: Jun 12 2009
PostPosted: Sep 23 2012 03:36 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Okay is Bill Waterson's. I remember hearing a story where he had to white out "ok" because he had written that by mistake or something.

That having been said, it's contextual. If it's formal (you probably shouldn't be using it anyway), it's "okay". If it's a text message or something, it's "OK".


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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
PostPosted: Sep 23 2012 05:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I've had teachers not like the use of ok in writing, saying that okay was better. Plus it seems a lot of spell checkers seem to prefer it as okay too, so that's what I tend to use just to avoid seeing the stupid red line under things.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
PostPosted: Sep 23 2012 07:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I'm gonna be honest, "OK" makes me wanna throw somebody through a plate glass window every time I see them use it. It just looks so lazy and ugly. "Okay" is so much more elegant.


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lavalarva
2011 SNES Champ
Joined: Dec 04 2006
PostPosted: Sep 23 2012 09:44 pm Reply with quote Back to top

As long as you don't try to pronounce "OK" as a word, I don't care.
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